Master Regional and Urban Strategy

Training for urban governance in France & Europe

Objectives

The Master of Regional and Urban Strategy (Stratégies territoriales et urbaines, STU) prepares students for strategic and operational positions in urban and regional policy and planning, in France and Europe.

They are equipped to design and implement public policy, and learn to link together:

Orientations

Teaching is based on three fundamentals:

Professional experience: in their first year, students work on a "group project" commissioned by a local or regional authority or private company. In year two, professional workshops and a long internship help them build their career plan.

Core academic courses that cover public policy, urban sociology, urban and regional economics and urban law, in concert with the "Cities are back in town" research programme at Sciences Po.

Career opportunities

Regional and Urban Strategy graduates go on to work in diverse areas and roles, from operational positions to research & development, consulting, and academic research. Master's graduates are also eligible to take the civil service entrance examinations.

Which types of organisation? Local government, research & development departments and consulting firms working in France and abroad, urban development and planning agencies, banks, real estate developers, international organisations, research centres.